Orchestral Tools have released Sangara, a collection of cinematic Southeast Asian instruments, available at the intro price of €249.00, increasing to €399.00 after the promotion. The offer ends November 8th.
Discover the musical pulse of an expansive geographical region distilled into a curated collection of instruments. Sångara—a library of over 70 percussion, wind, and stringed instruments from various parts of Southeast Asia—was made in collaboration with the inimitable composer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey. It brings new colors to your composing palette, perfect for scoring, eliciting vivid mental images, or fabricating rich and cinematic worlds of sound.
Sångara contains a massive selection of instruments, some of which have never been sampled before. The instruments are all sonically unique. In this video, we explore the history behind some of these instruments.
With over 70 instruments, Sångara presents a hand-picked selection of sounds from a vast and culturally diverse region. This sample library contains a battery of tuned and untuned percussion, a wealth of winds, and a plethora of plucked and bowed stringed instruments.
From the driving beat of the Sumatran frame drum to cymbal rolls on the turtle-shaped Balinese ceng ceng, Sångara has a wide variety of percussion instruments and articulations from which to build rhythmic foundations or add accents. With articulations including hits, damped hits, dynamics, rolls, effects, and a few phrases, there are worlds of inspiration to be found here.
For creating harmonic textures, rhythmic melodies, or tonal accents, Sångara provides a wealth of metallophone and xylophone options. We’ve sampled everything from the crystal-clear tones of a custom-made, chromatic kong wong yai to the bright and natural-sounding Thai and Indonesian angklungs. These sounds bring images and emotions to the fore.
The wind instrument assortment features eight various pi instruments. This family of quadruple reed instruments has a distinctive sound that can easily cut through a mix. Their articulations include all the ornaments, slides, staccatos, and phrases to spark your imagination. From bamboo sulings to rotated wote panpipes, there are also eight flute instruments for melodies of all varieties.
Not only do instruments like the Thai phin and Burmese saung-gauk boast ornate looks, these plucked string instruments have distinct tones and techniques. Sångara also features several zithers, a hammered dulcimer-like Thai khim, and two bowed instruments with distinguished, mellow tones. This collection brings traditional harmonics, grace notes, tremolos, and bends into a contemporary composing toolkit.
Features include:
- Includes instruments never sampled before
- Up to 6 mixable mic positions, including vintage spot mics
- Instruments recorded chromatically for maximum versatility
- Plucked strings, bowed strings, winds, and percussion
- Features a one of a kind, custom-made kong wong yai
- Authentic representation of the instruments in their natural ranges
Sangara requires the latest version of Orchestral Tools’ SINEplayer, available to PC and Mac users (VST2, VST3, AU and AAX).
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